History Wrestling / LunaVachon

* GutturalGrowler: She always spoke like this.

* DownerEnding: Her death of an overdose after suffering from Bipolar Disorder.

* IHaveTheHighGround: Both of her {{finishing move}}s, the "Luna Bomb" and Luna Eclipse, were top rope splashes. So in rare event one of them did not work you'd see Luna scale the ropes multiple times.

* AmicableExes: She was married to Wrestling/DavidHeath aka. Gangrel, but they eventually split up. They managed to remain best friends regardless, and if you listen to Gangrel talk about her in interviews, it's obvious that he deeply loved her.

-->"'Gertrude Vachon.' You Americans can't pronounce it anyway. It's Va-''[[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY Shon]]''."

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Vachon The Other Wiki]].

->''"If you've never seen her before, she looked like a fairly normal [[{{Crunkcore}} scene kid]] from 2015, which was ''f*cking terrifying'' in 1993."''
-->--'''Brandon Stroud''', [[http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/2015/03/the-best-and-worst-of-wwf-monday-night-raw-41293-look-to-la-luna/3/ "The Best and Worst of WWF Monday Night Raw 4/12/93: Look to La Luna"]]

She made a surprise Wrestling/{{WWE}} debut at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} IX'', first spotted in Wrestling/ShawnMichaels' corner during his match with Wrestling/{{Tatanka}}. She would go on to feud with [[Wrestling/SherriMartel "Scary" Sherri Martel]] and [[Wrestling/{{Madusa}} Alundra Blayze (Madusa)]] before leaving. In 1995, she made (another) surprise debut at the end of ''{{Wrestling/ECW}} Enter Sandman'', siding with Wrestling/TommyDreamer in his feud with Wrestling/{{Raven}}. They would team up against Raven and Wrestling/StevieRichards to unsuccessfully challenge for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] at ''ECW Hardcore Heaven'' on July 1st, though Luna would defeat Richards in a cage match two weeks later at ''Heat Wave.'' In 1997, she resurfaced in WWE as the manager of [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} ("TAFKA") Goldust]] on ''Raw,'' which led indirectly to her famous feud with [[Wrestling/{{Sable}} Rena Mero (Sable)]] and The Headbangers.

* DarkActionGirl: Wrestling/JimCornette called her the devil in disguise, and she's beaten him in matches too... so that's not much of an achievement but still.

* GimmickMatches: Besides the aforementioned "lingerie street fight battle royal", [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] member Vendetta Pro Wrestling gathers women wrestlers to compete in anything from a fatal four way up to a full on battle royal to honor her memory, with the winner being awarded the "Lunacy Cup".

* TheRival: Vanessa Harding, who had a hard time getting over a loss to Luna. It might reach to UnknownRival territory, considering Harding sits a top very few pecking orders, few of which were in Vachon's stomping grounds.

* TagTeam: Satan's Sisters with BadassBiker "Primetime" Amy Lee.

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* MeaninglessMeaningfulWords: She once said that she's a bandit from the wild untamed future, a place that was before and will be again, whatever that meant. A pity she never had screentime with Warrior.

'''Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon''', better known by her ring name '''Luna Vachon''' (January 12, 1962 – August 27, 2010), was a UsefulNotes/{{Canad|a}}ian-[[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates American]] {{professional wrestl|ing}}er and manager originally from UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, Georgia. Among her in-ring achievements, she was a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/uswa/uswa-wm.html USWA Women's Champion]], the inaugural [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/jd/awf-wm.html American Wrestling Federation Women's Champion]], Great Lakes Championship Wrestling Ladies title holder, Sunshine Wrestling Federation Women's Champion, WWOW Televsion Champion, LMLW World Champion and POWW Tag Team Champion.[[note]]With Hot Rod Andie[[/note]] She was inducted into the Wrestling/{{WSU}} Hall of Fame in 2011.

She began training at the age of 16 with her aunt Vivian and Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah before beginning her career in earnest by 1985. Her first on-screen role was as a TV reporter named '''Trudy Herd''', who was in Florida to interview FCW wrestler Wrestling/KevinSullivan. Sullivan instead brainwashed her into becoming "Luna", a {{cult}}ist in his "Army of Darkness", resulting in her [[MadnessMakeover bizarre makeover]] and trademark statico voice. Luna was teamed with the Lock (formerly Winona Littleheart), forming the Daughters of Darkness. When that team broke up, she knocked around the independent circuit as a manager, forming the aptly-named Black Harts, Apocalypse (alongside Wrestling/DavidHeath) and Destruction (w/ Tom Nash.) She made her [=PPV=] debut in the ''Street Fight Lingerie Battle Royal'' at the ''[[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]]'s [=SuperClash=] III''.

->''"If you’ve never seen her before, she looked like a fairly normal [[{{Crunkcore}} scene kid]] from 2015, which was ''f*cking terrifying'' in 1993."''

* WrestlingFamily: The adopted daughter of Butcher Vachon and adopted niece of Mad Dog and Vivian Vachon. Also her brothers, Pitbull and The Beast. She was married at different points to Dick Slater and to Gangrel.

* TropeCodifier: WWE do love their crazy female heels. Luna was undoubtedly the first of these to pop up in the company. Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron, Wrestling/MickieJames, Wrestling/AJLee and Wrestling/{{Paige}} have definitely felt her influence. That said, it's unthinkable that WWE would ever let any of the Divas go as over-the-top as Luna, especially in terms of their appearance.

** [[Wrestling/DonCallis The Oddities]]

!!! "Luna-Tic Tropes":

Luna disappeared from television for a short while but, in 1998, she redebuted on ''Raw'' as "Princess Luna" of the Oddities. While the Oddities' face turn rewarded her with more political clout, she proved [[StupidEvil too nutty to remain neutral for long]] and made another play for Sable's title. Unfortunately life began to imitate art, and Luna was released for good in 2000 following a series of brawls with Mero backstage.

* SquashMatch: Flattened the debuting "Gillberg" on the January 11, 1999 ''Raw'' in a brisk '''1:04.'''

* LiteralAssKicking: In her Great Lakes Championship Wrestling match against Tracy Brooks, she literally beat Tracy's ass, with a squeegee.

* TagTeam: Satan's Sisters with Biker Chick Prime Time Amy Lee.

* EvilCounterpart: To Wrestling/BeulahMcgillicutty in ECW, though Vachon was the {{face}} because she was brought by Tommy Dreamer and [=McGillicutty=] did a HeelFaceTurn anyway.

* EvilSoundsRaspy: Default Luna makes Malia Hosaka's worst sound tender, but when she really wants to heel it up Luna sounds especially harsh

* TropeCodifier: WWE do love their crazy female heels. Luna was undoubtedly the first of these to pop up in the company. Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron, Wrestling/MickieJames, Wrestling/AJLee and Wrestling/{{Paige}} have definitely felt her influence.

* WrestlingFamily: The adopted daughter of Butcher Vachon and adopted niece of Mad Dog and Vivian Vachon. Also her brothers, Pitbull and The Beast.

* BreakupBreakout: From the Daughters of Darkness.

* RealSongThemeTune: in ECW:
** Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Enter Sandman"
** Lenny Kravitz' "Are You Gonna Go My Way"

** The Jackyl {{lampshade|Hanging}}d any similarities between the gimmick and the movie ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' (see below under VideoFullOfFilmClips) during the Golga-Thrasher match that marked its debut when he, on commentary, said, "These people are normal compared to people like you (Wrestling/MichaelCole) and Wrestling/JimRoss."